Gallery: Historical Fashion Trends Dying For A Comeback

With the exception of the late, great Alexander McQueen, few designers look further back than the 20th century for inspiration each season – BORING! Come on people, we have literally thousands of years of fashion and trends to recycle. Take a look at these dead trends are in desperate need of a comeback.

I’d like to point out that Image #4 is totally “long hair on men done right”. Which, by the way, is the historical trend I’d like to see come back. That and Victorian shoes. Kitten heels I can walk in!

anna

This is delightful. Bustles: agree.

Kate

The conical “princess” hats were indeed real. That hat is called a hennin, and the style of dress is called Burgundian. If you want to dress that way nowadays, you can always join the Society for Creative Anachronism :) http://www.sca.org

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I imagine bustles would also be very handy at filtering the silent but deadlies….

Odbery

Funny thing about togas, only two types of people could legally wear them: free men, and female prostitutes.

Jenni

Your slideshows rock, but having to load a page per image is really annoying, and time-consuming.

oja

Yes,yes,yes to everything on this list.
Then I could live out my childhood dream of dressing like Marie Antionette every day without people thinking I was crazy

Emma

The “conical princess hat” is also referred to as a “hennin.” The more you know!

August S.

Unfortunately, the modern interruption of the bustle lacks the charm of the original, but it gets full marks for artificiality! Ladies and gentleman, may I present… BootyPop ( http://bit.ly/1NSuqc )
Now you too can get that sexy ” double ass tumor” look all the guys go crazy for!

Candi

Not to rain on the awesome parade, but togas would have weighed a lot! and they were made with 100% wool. Most accounts about them are about how the men couldn’t wait to get home to take it off because of the weight and discomfort.

Sartorial Nerd

The bit about bustles made me snarf tea. Tea: Delicious. Tea coming out of nose: Horrific. I was Marie Antoinette for Halloween last year and you have no idea how much I would love to prance around in a big ass wig all day long. The highlight of making that costume was decorating my wig with feathers and flowers and assorted giant faux gemstones. Loved it. I would dress like that every day if I could.